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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1928)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1928 v hi p. f I: v i v. 7 5 b H V u i f i B?-D. B. M. i Good morning! No man la erfect. But thaCi. no reason 1 why a bloke qn hlsMay off has to it around the house with three flays' growth of roan whiskers on his ugly mug. And while true lore will sur vive a number of things, once a week is often enough to serve macaroni. . "Tremendously entertaining .thrilling panoramas Darthle mes nortralt is a finely etched study! Prom New York Times ti.w of "The Patent Leather Kld." , , I ' Glenn Singer, leading laugh merchant in "Nothing But the - Truth" at the Oregon today ana tomorrow is not connected wltu tn sinrer sewiiur machine ram- i. "irnweTer." he modestly averred. "I have an uncle in Kan a lot of territory watkins' Family Remedies and I had a brother-in-law in New Jersey who was once offered a seat by a high state offlctaLAnd the chair was connected directly with the headquarters of one 01 the big electric companies." TALENT. "What do yon think of a man who habitually deceives n wife?" Miss Mathilda Miggs want ed to know. ... "1 think." replied Amos T. mc- Surringle. "that a man iik i could reach the head of the dip- lomatic corps in ten days and from 2 to 4 " . By the way. you need no alibi The rharlie Chaplin in r :,,.a" mi take the children III 1 1 - anyway. Those pretty Follies girls who ore coming to the Elisnore today ,i tnmnrrow are all unaer men t v-one and so are not able to vote vet. But it if said that they have frequently been voted me win tint bunch of entertainers on the stage. m m 0 "Harold Teen" is coming the Oregon next week! Wretch' "Wives are still being sold rrcJa One hundred sheep the usual price," Hank Weatherby. the Weekly Blat. "Hum." drawled Dod pondering. "Them's a sheep." to in is idly remarked as he scanned Gastit. lot of No man needs to know much to talk about the weather or religion. "Your Neighbor's Business" is the name of the play that the Manhattan Players are bringing to the Elisnore next Friday and Saturday. All those who are not. er a little, at least, interested in o. p. b. will signify by standing up iln the rear of the hall. 'Longside o' us. PAW' 3 DAY; The. first of the month! Johnny's and Milly's day: Wheh rharlie Chaplin comes to town. Somehow or another the neigh bor's new car never pleases us Until we get a newer one. A Woman Saves Everything That Comes Into The House So That She Will Be Able To Enjoy A Day Off Once A Month Going Ov er The Things That She Has Sav ed AAl Throwing Most Of Them Away. But What Has Recome Of The Old -Fashioned Man Who Used To Carry A Hank or His Wife's Hair In A Locket? "The Patsy" at the' Elisnore today and tomorrow -ihowg every girl how easy it is to become en gaged. (Advice to men: When you escort her home, don't spend loo much time saying good night It's dangerous.) REAL CIRCUS USED FOR CHAPLIN FILM Some Idea as to the physical magnitude of Charlie Chaplin's production. "The Circus," which comes to the Elsinore Theatre next week may be had from fig ures compiled by George Webster, general statistician at the Chaplin studio. - " Livestock housed at the Chap lin plant In Hollywood for a per iod of more than a year Included elephants, lions, tiger3, horses, mules, monkeys, pigs. dogs. cats, ducks, pigeons and gees. To properly- feed and care for sack an assortment of guests the com missary "department was required to handle for many months, food items that totalled more than sixty thousand pounds, the greater bulk of this being in beef and tons of hay, corn, carrots, potatoes and bread. During filming of scenes under the circus tent and surrounding grounds, in some instances where 2,000 women, children and men were gathered, the necessary "fix ings" for an assemblage of this character called for 3.000 gallons of lemonade; 3.672 bottles of soda pop; 2.602 bags of peanuts; 1126 rolls of popcorn; 5706 frankfur ters and an equal number of rolls; 1.517 sticks of chewing gum; 1,282 lollypops and 1.806 pretzels. Additional figures show that 23,000 yards of canvas; 1,900 tons of sawdnst; 7,000 yards of rope; 51 kegs of nails; 1.000 yards of wire; 42,000 feet of lumber and 14,000 gallons of water were re quired. When this statement of facts was placed before Charlie for his scrutiny, the comedian dryly re marked. "A statistician's work must be most Interesting. But I note we didn't use any butter!" e ini rviw Li 1 1 umi PAPERS HAZEL GREEN WILL END SCHOOL VFflP, "And a short life is a married one," exclaimed Rufus J. Tilling ham, big collar and cuff man. as his young wife started pumping .38's into his table of contents "The Coward" is a New York society man who goes into the North woods to get rid of what ever ails him. After "getting the P'tson b'iled out of his system" he licks fifteen or twenty lumber jacks and does other rather won derful stunts. In real life meb- . be yes. mebbe no. But anyway, the picture is a thriller. It's at the Oregon today and tomorrow 'with the Singer show. "The Patent Leather Kid" coming to the Elisnore Tuesday was made at Camp Lewis, Wash. It is one of tthe greatest pictures of the year and has just finished showing to packed houses in Port land. Grant Showerman of the Portland Journal praises it high ly. And that same Mr. Shower man can say awful mean things about pictures he don't like. OBIT. Here lies Elmer Jason Hicks; Drove a "Four"; i Hit a ''Six." -. And the reason Maw hates to part with one of the girls is be cause there's four more of them 'Coming up like radishes on a hot spring day. ' ill Miss Rose Wood of the Manhat tan Players handles character parts with more than ordinary ability, and 'tt. "Your Neighbor's Business" she plays tbe town, gos sip, a part In which? according to Charlie Caalkins, "she's going to .fairly drag .'em out of their seats." ,In spite of Charlie's endorsement, there are alot of Manhattan tans mho will still insist that Miss ' Wood Is one xt the best they bare seen on the stage here In years. Lest yoe forget: Those Fol lies Girls are one of the highest 'priced attractions ever brought .west from New York. 5r ' Tm goln' home," said John T. Dyspeptics, -and If dinner ain't ; ready Tin gonta raise h . And 'If it Is ready. I wont eat a A - Wte." HAZEL GREEN. May 19. (Special) The Hazel Green school school will close Monday, May 21. There will be a program at 10:30 o'clock in the forenoon. a basket dinner at noon, followed in the afternoon by races and stunts. Dorothy Dunigan, daughter of Maurice Dunigan. is recovering from an attack of measles. The following students received Palmer certificates for writing: Hilda La Rosam. Dorothy Porter, Thelma Rennison. Dorothy Mon tandon, Nora Rutherford. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Trubenbach and daughter Wilmette of Port land visited here Sunday. Mrs. Winternute who was op erated on recently, Is reported to be doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Zelinskl and children LouLs, Quentin and Helen visited Mrs. Zelinski's sister. Mrs. Senz and family at Scio Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. D. R. Peterson and wife were visitors with Mrs. Peterson's mother, Mrs. Martha Wolf. Sunday. A number of the farmers bae clipped clover for seed crop. The clippings are unusually long tor the season. Mrs. G. W. Davis was guest of honor at a picnic on Mother's day at the home of her son. Homer Davis, at Scotts Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Koelher and chil dren of West Salem were guests Sunday of Mrs. Koelher's parents. Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Williamson. PISE GIRLS' ACT! Right down on the Great White Way. where the Queen oi &neD might get quite a reception from Mayor Jimmy Walker's committee but only a brief mention from the hardvtked critics of the big dailies, those Ziegfeld girls crash ed through for actual columns of beady praise and had the granite- faced writers eating prettily out of their dainty hands. And. be it known. It i these same girls who are coming here tomorrow to play two days for the patrons of the Elisnorer. The attraction comes direct to Its west coast theatre engage ments from Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1927." Mr. Ziegfeld person ally arranged and supervised the rehearsal of their New York pro gram and routines which they bring with them intact as they were presented in the "Follies" with the original lighting effectf and costumes. Here Is what the critic of the New York Telegram says of i?eir act: "The finale or tne act is enough to exalt even a myoptic gibcat from gloom to glory. On a vast stairway, stretching into the be yond is a shimmering -vista of yellow-gold, a forest of feathered turbans flirting and bobbing, a forest of silk legs flashing dis tinctingly. a mad glad jazz or chestra composed of lovely ladies, all beating a furious universal rhythm. Incidentally Professor Ziegfeld seems to have gathered about him quite the most musical ly inclined bevy of pretty maid? that have been hereabouts since granddad was a boy." THE PJTSIf CALLED GREATEST COH That screen comedy can be no better than the newness and or iginality of its comedy situations, is one of the maxims of all motion picture directors. If this is true, and the reaction of the great American audience has proved that it is. then "The Patsy" which comes to the Elsi nore for Sunday and Mondav. snouia esiaousn a precedent as the 100 ier cent comedy of the 1928 season, for no picture can provide1 so many startlingly comic situations. i ne siory is replete witn na tural comedy, directed! by King Vidor with the same originality as ne used in handling the gum chewing and tobacco-spitting epi sodes of his great epic. "The Big Parade." "The Patsy" opens with a comic Introduction of Patricia Harrington. "The Patsy" of the Harrington family. Pat. despite her troubles, and they are many, persists in seelnr humor in everything. No matte. whether she Is treading on the feet of the man she loves while dancing with him, knocking him over with an oar while helping him into a rowboat, or quoting half-baked epigrams stolen from a book on "personality," she laughs and everyone who sees the picture laughs with her. Having to look fanny while's three-foot stalk of celery dropped into her dress, was one of the com ic situations forced on Marie Dres sier who plays Ma Harrington. An other one was to have to stand still for thirty minutes while her husband (for screen purpose's on ly) powdered her back. Jane Win ton had to look fanny while Pat shaved her legs for her (and ac cidentally cut her a couple of times. ) The Los Angeles real estate salesman and his methods of do ing business contributed a great deal of fun to one sequence of the qtory which deals with the adven tures of the hero and heroine in opening up a new subdivision in a typical west coast manner. Most of the gags for this part of the picture were taken from the real life experience of Vidor with the fast-talking. inventively-minded real estate operators of Los Ange les and vicinity. Pat's take-offs on famous mov ie stars also furnish a great deal of fun as, of course, they were drawn from life as all the per sons she caricatured have been her friends for years. One of the funniest scenes of the whole picture is where Pop Harrington, the hen-pecked hus band, turns on his domineering wife and in a tremendous scene vents the spleen of twenty years of silent married life and finally asserts his supremacy as head of the household. mm TO BEJEOF BEST Return Engagement Sched- lued and 125 Piece Or chestra Heard particularly that of Janet Gaynor, who appear as the winsome, frightened and finally glorified "Diane," and Charles Parrell. who is the handsome, egotistical, generous snd thoroughly lovable "Chico." "7th Heaven is the story of two of the lowest types of Paris ians, a worker in the sewers of Paris and a waif of the Paris streets. But because of the glori ous doctrine of courage which it preaches and the marvelous things it does to boh of their characters it has been called one of the greatest and one of the most beautiful love stories ever written. The play created a sen sation when produced for a rec ord run on Broadway, and the picture is surpassing the reputa tion established by the play. Besides the two principals, the cast includes Ben Bard. David Butler. Albert Gran. Gladys Brockwell, George Stone, Emile Chautard, Marie Mosquini and Brandon Hurst. Frank Borxarge directed the production. VALSETZ TRIP PLANNED OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Monmouth, May 19. (Special.) Students at the Oregon Normal school at Monmouth will be given an opportunity to visit one of the most interesting spots' in the Wil lamette valley on May 26 when the Normal sponsors a trip to Val- setz. More than one hundred stu dents and in addition 'many local people have made arrangement to take this annual trip into the logging center of the Siletz val ley. Among the interesting plans for the day will be the felling of a tree top. a visit through the big lumber mill, planing mill and dry ing rooms, and an inspection tour through the training school. A logger's dinner will be served to the visitors. UG CAPITOL 'S OFFERS BIG ACTS Tom Brown and Six Broth ers, Eddie Peabody and Others on Vitaphone Tom Brown, Eddie Peabody and several other big acts are sched uled tor the vitaphone at the Cap itol theater starting today. There are many saxophone sex tettes In America, but none that baa achieved the Teputation of the Six Original Brown Brothers. These , young, men, led by Tom Brown will be seen and heard.. T1' & dkfl SIX ORIGINAL. BROWN BROS. VUapfcMM Stars Eddie Peabody, the sensational (Continued on page 5.) Horace, Dodge's Daughter May Secure Divorce, Said RENO, May 19 ( AP ) M rs. Deiphine Dodge Cromwell, daugh ter of the late Horace Dodge of Detroit arrived in Reno today ac companied by her five year, old daughter, a secretary and chauf feur. Mrs Dodge has taken up her residence at the Riverside hotel. IBSEN'S GREAT SYMBOLIC DRAMA - BTUmLUDEG!" to be presented by THE THETA ALPHA PHI OF WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY at Bligh's CapitolTheatre Friday, May 25th Prof. Ruthyn Turnay's eleven piece orchestra will play between acts, and from 7:30 to 8. Curtain at 8 o'clock SHARP. The play will take two hours. , This is one of the greatest classic dramas and the cast under the able Directorship of Dr. J. O. Hall of Wil lamette University, will present a suprising-ly fine play that the people of Salem can be proud of. Regular Admission $1.65, $1.10 and 75c SUN. MON. TUES. WED. w v STARTS TODAY "7th Heaven" has been brought to the screen and will be shown at the Capitol theater today with the vitaphone. This picture, based on the play by Austin Strong, is said by all critics to be one of the finest pro ductions of any type ever screen ed. Taken from every angle it is perfection, and more than that it has lost none of the appeal or beauty of the original play. The- atmosphere of the Paris Montmartre, where the plot of the story is ad. is accurately carried out in the settings and the photo graphic effects. The story fol lows the play itself, but bringing into actual view those things that could only be talked about in the play, thereby heightening the in terest and adding greatly to the entertaining value of the picture. The characterizations of the players are said to be inspired. You'll Laugh You'll Roar CHARLIE CHAPLIN o, GIRLS II BAVC THE CIRCUS' He's Coming to The ELS I WORE 1 1 i II ll I I 1 Ion J RF ' hi tl ' H I n .. ill k UU - nn L I L r-ili i inni inni inn t r 1 ' i j k THE BEST Sm SAIIH HAS EVER HAD )) JUI iUULZIDD ANOTHER KNOCKOUT ON MOVIETONE "7th HEAVEN" with JANET GAYNOR Music by Itoxy Orchestra of 123 Pieces j"TTj l hum' i UU Vitaphone Vaudeville Acts TOM BROWN and his SIX BROWX BROTHERS EDDIE PEABODY The Toast of the Coast PRAXCIS WnXIAMS Broadway Queen of Jags TUNING IN A Comedy Sketch Act D mm "i UUI 1 EXECUTIONER ATTACTED 1xng Island Home of Robrrt El liott Bombrtl Today NEW YORK. May 19 (AP) The home of Robert Elliott, offi cial executioner for the states of New York. New Jersey, Delaware, situated in a lonely section of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Long Island was bombed shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. El liott, his wife and two children were thrown from their beds but uninjured. Elliott officiated at the exe'p . tion of Sacco and Vanzetti in Bcw ton and Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray at Sing Sing, S. Y. Police blame the bombing on friends or sympathizers of ss-ne person or persons at whose execu t i o n s Elliott has officiated. Threats were received by him be fore and after the Sacco-Vanzetti ; execution and a guard was placed over his home. This guard was removed some . time ago but the policeman on. that beat had orders to heo a special watch on Elliott's home. . The hbuse, situated in Queens borough near ,the Bunton station of the Long Island railroad, was f partly wTecked by the explosion. Tne porch was torn away, every window in the house broken, and windows In. several adjoining homes were shattered. Frilled Pantalettes .s Suggestion of Paris PARIS (AP) Shorter ekirtt with frilled pantalettes undef them are the serious offering, for spring of one fashion house in the Champs Elysees. Skirts are sometimes slit deeply at the sides to disclose the ornate be-ruffled and be-ribboned garment under K Sun. Mon. MATS. - NIGHTS SINGER STOCK CO. PRESENTS "Nothing But The Truth" By Austin Strong Only 2 Acts, but Oh! Oh! Oh! Bra5?5?r Jr1"?1!"1 for tw years It was Willie Collier's Grandest Triumph! A Riot of Specialties! AND ON THE SCREEN ( t .. rt Hear the Harmony Four! Lovely Lola Lamond! Bantering: Bobby Heilman! Bassoing Billy Due! Prices: Sunday Mat. 85e St lOcT Night S5c & 10c Mon. Mat. 25c & lOc; Kight 35c A 10c starring WARNER BAXTER t TtfVi, the COUPON MOTOAT YE FAXZLT SHOW ThU eonpoa Mi rfip tnm M r i , ui S5 enli win aj. tr f.r thm M4,y .t...... .w : COWARD AD til seemed to mock him mm rej. low, deresMcIesa coward all ex cept the gdrl he lored! ? Persecuted, ' drtven from the places - where he was osrce welcome society lioa, he faced the great North woods a white Uvered weakling! Bat what a fight he made! 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